Vernacular

everyday language

• vernacular

• camaraderie

• litany

• wrenching

What is AAVE?

• a variety of English that has been called Ebonics

• ar archaic form of British dialects

• a system with patterns of grammar, vocabulary and phonology

• all of them

What is AAVE?

• a language

• a dialect

• a pidgin

What does AAVE mean?

Which of the following would most likely be colloquial or vernacular?

• An academic speech

• A page from a textbook

• A conversation between friends

• A conversation between an office worker and his superior (his boss)

everyday speech; slang

• delineate

• nefarious

• vernacular

• brawn

• tout

What is AAVE?

• A broken English.

• A variation of English.

What does it mean in AAVE the word "bad"

• Really good.

• Really bad.

What is the definition of 'vernacular'?

• A) A formal language used in official documents

• B) The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

• C) A language that is no longer in use

• D) A language used exclusively in religious texts

Which of the following is an example of vernacular language?

• A) Latin

• B) Shakespearean English

• C) Cockney

• D) Old English